1 1 1 To See and To Be Seen: Scopus Peter Porosz Solution Manager, Research Management Elsevier 12 th October 2015
2 2 2 Lead the way in advancing science, technology and health Marie Curie (Physics, Chemistry) Louis Pasteur (Chemistry) Alexander Fleming (Medicine) Albert Einstein (Physics) Shinya Yamanaka (Medicine) John C. Mather (Physics) Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (Medicine) Craig C Mello (Medicine) Galileo s last and greatest work, published in 1638 by Elzevir, Discorsi e Dimostrazioni Matematiche
3 3 3 Content Technology and Analytics = Improved Outcomes
4 4 4 Decisions by triangulating information Reliable data Your Scientists Expert opinion Strategic Planning for Research External Review Peer review
5 5 5 External view Internal view Rich data assets Ready-to-use tools to analyze the world of research, and to establish, execute and evaluate optimized strategies for the research organization. Comparative research information management system to enable evidence-based decisions, promote collaboration, simplify administration and optimize impact. Customized analysis analysis, reports and services to meet your research management needs. The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature; the broadest source of global scientific research. Includes content from 5,000 publishers with tools to easily track, analyze and visualize research. A Researcher free reference productivity manager and academic social network that can help researchers organize research, collaborate with others online, discover the latest research, and see meaningful trends in global research activity. Informs research strategy Supports research activity
6 6 6 One common database with different applications on top RESEARCH OUTCOMES Analytical Services & Custom Data API s METRICS SCOPUS DATABASE
7 7 7 What content does Scopus include? 58.3M records from 22,245 serial titles and over 94,900 books 21.6M pre 1996 records 36.7M post 1995 records Content from > 5,000 publishers Articles in Press from >5,000 titles Titles from 105 different countries in all geographical regions 40 local languages covered More than 3,780 Gold Open Access journals indexed Scopus is ideal compared to other products because it has the broadest coverage of global, curated, relevant research, with smart, simple tools to help track, analyze and visualize research. Source: Scopus (August 2015)
8 8 8 Different source types to ensure coverage in all subject fields JOURNALS CONFERENCES BOOKS Physical Sciences 11,591 Health Sciences 12,862 Social Sciences 9,633 Life Sciences 6,276 22,245 peer-reviewed journals 362 trade journals Full metadata, abstracts and cited references (ref s post-1995 only) Pre-1996 cited ref s expansion >4M out of 12M Going back to 1823 Funding data from acknowledgements 85,5K events 7.0M records (12%) Conf. expansion (2005 2013) 1,017 conferences 6,022 conf. events 410K conf. papers 5M citations Mainly Engineering and Physical Sciences 521 book series - 28K Volumes - 1.1M items 94,919 stand-alone books - 765K items Books expansion: 120K books by 2015 - Focus on Social Sciences and A&H Different source types are added to ensure that coverage, discoverability, profiles and impact measurement for research in all subject fields is accounted for in Scopus. Source: Scopus title list (August 2015)
9 9 9 Ratio of titles per Publisher in Scopus 10% 8% 5% 5% Other 60% 2% 1% Source: Scopus title list (February 2015) 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
10 10 10 High quality journals due to selection by the independent Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB) The CSAB is chosen for their expertise in specific subject areas; many have (journal) Editor experience Focus on quality through content selection by the independent CSAB, because: Provide accurate and relevant search results for users No dilution of search results by irrelevant or low quality content Support that Scopus is recognized as authoritative Support confidence that Scopus reflects the truth ERA (Australia) UNAM
Continuous review process using the online Scopus Title Evaluation Platform (STEP) Info: http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview Questions: titlesuggestion@scopus.com 11 11 11 Transparent Scopus selection criteria for serial content 1. All titles should meet all minimum criteria in order to be considered for Scopus review: Peer-review English abstracts Regular publication Roman script references Pub. ethics statement 2. Eligible titles are reviewed by the Content Selection & Advisory Board according to a combination of 14 quantitative & qualitative selection criteria grouped in 5 categories: Journal Policy Quality of Content Journal Standing Regularity Online Availability 3. As a primary publisher and information aggregator, Elsevier understands the needs of Authors, Editors and Publishers and provides resources to support the community: Review comments from CSAB FAQs Publication ethics resources Publishing services Research Trends, Editor Update newsletters
12 12 12 How to keep track of your suggested title? Via the unique Title Tracking ID journal suggestors can monitor the evaluation of their title(s): Scopus Title Suggestion Tracker
13 13 13 Scopus title review results and resources In total 4,593 titles reviewed (2011 2014) of which 2,080 (31%) accepted for Scopus Collaborations for local content selection & advisory boards: 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Titles reviewed: 2011-2014 12 84 33 18 23 96 41 26 29 89 94 262 32 38 49 85 50 41 141 87 55 345 79 33 36 136 57 27 29 85 88 237 24 27 33 51 29 21 64 39 Thailand: Korea: New local boards in 2015: Russia: China: Local pro-active content suggestion initiatives: UNAM ERA (Australia) Accepted Rejected
14 14 14 Curation matters: re-evaluation Our customers demand it. Our business depends on it Discontinue poor performing titles Re-evaluate Titles Identify and Evaluate Titles Select only high quality content Index titles Annual rolling initiative: Identify and notify underperforming journals One year to improve quality based on metrics & set benchmarks (output, usage, citations, self-citations) If red flag remains, the journal will be reviewed by the CSAB with the possible consequence of discontinuation in Scopus Incentive for continuous journal performance Launch Q1 2015, re-evaluation to start Q1 2016 The re-evaluation process is essentially a rigorous housekeeping exercise designed to ensure that the journal content in Scopus meets the high standards we and our customers now demand.
15 15 15 Re-evaluation: metrics and benchmark Important: Journals are only up for Re-evaluation if the journal underperforms in all 6 metrics. If 1 improves, journal will be taken off the Re-evaluation list
Source: Web of Science Real Facts, Web of Science title list and Scopus own data (April 2015) 16 16 16 Comparison with nearest peer ~22K titles >5,000 publishers Updated daily Scopus 22,245 Web of Science 12,140 ~12K titles (Core Collection) 3,300 publishers Updated weekly Scopus 7,443 (+73%) Scopus 6,795 (+96%) Scopus 4,492 (+50%) Scopus 8,086 (+99%) WoS 4,291 WoS 3,472 WoS 3,002 WoS 4,060 Physical Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences Social Sciences
17 17 17 Scopus article growth over years 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Physical Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences Social Sciences Source: Scopus data March 2015
Source: Web of Science Real Facts, Web of Science title list and Scopus own data (April 2015) 18 18 18 Comparison with nearest peer ~22K titles >5,000 publishers Updated daily Scopus 22,245 Web of Science 12,140 ~12K titles (Core Collection) 3,300 publishers Updated weekly Scopus 7,443 (+73%) Scopus 6,795 (+96%) Scopus 4,492 (+50%) Scopus 8,086 (+99%) WoS 4,291 WoS 3,472 WoS 3,002 WoS 4,060 Physical Sciences Health Sciences Life Sciences Social Sciences
19 19 19 Scopus is the Gold standard: more than 150 leading research organizations rely on Scopus data Michigan Corporate Relations Network ReachNC MD Anderson Queen s University Belfast UK REF UK BIS STINT Danish BFI European Commission & ERC FCT Portugal NSF Italy ANVUR Gazi University Kiel University Germany IFQ Russian Foundation of Basic Research Estonia Research Council NCN Poland ISTIC IISER Peking University TCI - Thailand Ural Federal University Keio University NRF -Korea CAPES Brazil Nigerian Government Nanyang Technological University ERA 2014 Rankings:
May-13 Jul-13 Sep-13 Nov-13 Jan-14 Mar-14 May-14 Jul-14 Sep-14 Nov-14 Jan-15 Mar-15 May-15 Jul-15 Sep-15 Nov-15 20 20 20 Books expansion program Coverage years Number of books Back to 2005 (2003 for A&H) 120,000 by the end of 2015; at least 20,000 each year thereafter 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 Books target in Scopus Book types Monographs, edited volumes, major reference works, graduate level text books 40,000 20,000 0 Actual books in Scopus Other Social Sciences Computer Science Psychology (plus ± 26K book Volumes from series) Medicine A&H and Social Sciences Engineering Business & Economics A&H All major publishing houses are part of the Books expansion program, adding up to a total of ±40 publishers who are contributing
21 21 21 Journal and Article Level Metrics
22 22 22 More accuracy, transparency, more metrics www.journalmetrics.com/
Cites / publication 23 23 23 IPP: Impact per Publication All journals have a Impact per Publication (IPP) measuring the ratio of citations per article published in the journal Peer-reviewed papers (Article, Review and Conference Paper) only Three year citation window # Citations in Year Y to papers published in Y-1 to Y-3 Papers published in Y-1 to Y-3 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 Years after publication date 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 Immunology and Microbiology (67,9%) Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (65,3%) Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (63,6%) General (58,3%) Medicine (60,8%) Neuroscience (64,8%) Chemistry (55,4%) Health Professions (56,4%) Nursing (53,5%) Chemical Engineering (51,6%) Materials Science (52,6%) Dentistry (55,9%) Energy (42,1%) Physics and Astronomy (47,3%) Veterinary (47,9%) Agricultural and Biological Sciences (45,0%) Environmental Science (43,5%) Engineering (38,7%) Psychology (44,8%) Earth and Planetary Sciences (41,3%) Computer Science (33,7%) Mathematics (32,5%) Decision Sciences (32,4%) Economics, Econometrics and Finance (29,0%) Business, Management and Accounting (27,7%) Social Sciences (20,1%) Arts and Humanities (10,1%)
24 24 24 SNIP: Source-normalized impact per paper All journals have a Source-normalized impact per paper (SNIP) measuring contextual citation impact by weighting citations per subject field Peer-reviewed papers only Three year citation window Field s frequency and immediacy of citation Database coverage Journal s scope and focus Measured relative to database median Impact per Publication (IPP) Citations potential in its subject field Journal IIP Citation Potential SNIP (IIP/Citation Potential) Inventiones Mathematicae 1.5 0.4 3.8 Molecular Cell 13.0 3.2 4.0
25 25 25 SJR: SCImago Journal Rank All journals have a SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) a prestige metric based on the idea that not all citations are equal Prestige transferred when a journal cites Citations are weighted depending on where they come from A journal s prestige is shared equally between its citations Life Sciences journal Arts & Humanities journal High impact, lots of citations One citation = low value Low impact, few on citations One citation = high value SJR normalizes for differences in citation behaviour between subject fields
26 26 26 Integration of article level metrics into Scopus Mendeley readership Statistics shows how many times Mendeley users have downloaded a specific article to their libraries. Altmetric is a way to see all of the social or mainstream media mentions gathred for a particular paper as well as reader counts on popular reference managers
27 27 27 Integration of article level metrics into Scopus
28 28 28 Integration of article level metrics into Scopus
29 29 29 Integration of article level metrics into Scopus
30 30 30 Open Access (OA) Journal indicator OA in Scopus = Gold Open Access and registered at DOAJ / ROAD Currently: out of >21,000 journals = 4,240 OA OA list updated 3-4x per year Search via Browse Sources (journal page) On Journal level only Not present in Article Results page yet Future hopes: cover OA on article level
31 31 31 Journal Analyzer Compare Journals Quick, easy access to an objective and transparent overview of the performance of your own and your competitors journals over time - Compare up to 10 sources on a variety of parameters (SNIP, SJR, Citations, Documents, Percentage Not-Cited, Percentage Review) - Provide access to a transparent and objective overview of the journal landscape going back to 1996 31
32 32 32 Journal Analyzer Key take-away: Use the analyser to Benchmark and compare 32
33 33 33 Analyze results A tool launched in 2012, providing helpful graphics and table displays to gain more insight into search results Measures quantity: # documents on 7 parameters Key take-away: Use Scopus to identify new and interesting areas of research
34 34 34 Analyze results 7 parameters to choose from: Year, Source title, Author name, Affiliation name, Country, Document type and Subject area Key take-away: Analyse search results to provide high level detail
35 35 35 Scopus Author Profile Page reviewers or potential authors Publication volume Citation and impact H-Index Content overview Key take-away: Use author searches to find reviewers and authors
36 36 36 Author Evaluator - Author/Review deep dive Publication source H-Index graphed by publication and citation frequency Citation frequency over time Co-author analysis and mapping Key take-away: Use the Author Evaluator to gain the best insight into a potential reviewer or author
37 37 37 Citation Overview Authors Citation frequency over time Citation by journal Self citation Key take-away: Use the Citation Overview to track author output and output impacts over time 37
38 38 38 Summary Scopus has broad coverage providing the most accurate view of the global research landscape. Scopus has a transparent content selection process executed by the independent Content Selection & Advisory Board. Scopus is working on content expansion programs to ensure that coverage, discoverability, profiles and impact measurement for research in all subject fields is accounted for in Scopus. Journal and article level metrics are available in Scopus and help researchers and research organizations to evaluate research and researchers. Scopus and Scopus data is being used by researchers, publishers and leading institutions to inform decisions about research output and research assessment.